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Writing: a Passionate Prescription – Dr. Manisha Saxena
By Dr. Manisha Saxena Anton Chekhov, the great Russian playwright once famously said, “Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress.” With the publication of my second book, a high octane crime thriller titled ‘Blue Jeans’, my thoughts wander to all the great doctors, who have penned amazing books, which readers enjoy to […]
Author Interviewing Characters: Gill Paul
Author Interviewing Characters International bestselling author Gill Paul returns with The Manhattan Girls, a novel about famous wit Dorothy Parker and three of her friends – Jane Grant, Winifred Lenihan, and Peggy Leech – who started a bridge group in 1920s New York City. Against the backdrop of louche speakeasies and scary bootleggers, rising hemlines […]
Behind The Scenes Of The Gambling Industry: Writing Casino Queen
I worked in the casino industry for a long time. As a child watching Ocean’s Eleven, casinos seemed so grown up and glamourous. They were open 24 hours, which made them so alive. On a summer hiatus from teaching school, I drove to Lake Tahoe Nevada and quit my job. I never felt lonely working […]
Publishing a Debut Novel at 65: Too Late, or Right on Time?
By Donna Gordon Publishing a Debut Novel at 65: Too Late, or Right on Time? At the age of 65, I’m not the first person to publish her debut novel later in life. Laura Ingalls Wilder was 65 in 1932 when she published her first book, Little House on the Prairie. Bram Stoker didn’t publish Dracula until […]
Interview with Rhys Bowen
Rhys Bowen is the New York Times bestselling author of more than forty novels. Her latest novel, WHERE THE SKY BEGINS is just out! We are delighted to feature this interview with Rhys. Tell us about your beginning, where are you from? I was born in Bath, England, educated at London University and then worked in […]
My Path to Writing My Debut Memoir, Accidental Sisters
Katherine Linn Caire I have always loved writing… in my English and Lit classes growing up, in my own journals, actually, anywhere the opportunity presented itself. My grandmother instilled in me an intense love of the written letter, and to this day, I find its genuine authenticity to always trump an email, text, or brief […]
Why I Wrote A Book about Helping My Husband Die
Why I Wrote A Book about Helping My Husband Die By Joanne Tubbs Kelly When interviewers ask me what inspired me to write about my experience helping my husband die using Colorado’s End-of-Life Options Act, I have an easy answer: I have always depended on books to give me insight into whatever new situation I […]
How to Get Your Medical References Right by Adele Holmes M.D.
How to Get Your Medical References Right Readers have medical knowledge from their own forays into the world of illness. Medical professionals are even more savvy to the peculiarities of medicine. Every single person who picks up your writing will have some first-hand experience with drugs, disease, tests, and such. It only takes one error, […]
Break a Leg to Become a Writer by Aga Lesiewicz
Break a Leg to Become a Writer by Aga Lesiewicz As my literary hero Margaret Atwood said: ‘You become a writer by writing.” This is absolutely true, there is no other way. But life can make it difficult: the job, the family, the kids, the never-ending litany of everyday chores. So, you put it off: […]
Writing Romance When the World is Burning
Writing Romance When the World is Burning By Jo McNally, author of When Sparks Fly If you’re looking for a one-size-fits-all solution for writing through chaos, I’ll let you know right now it doesn’t exist, in this article or anywhere else. Mainly because each of us is in our own unique chaos, which seems to […]
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